China Orders Tighter Controls on Heparin

By ELAINE KURTENBACH, AP Business Writer, Medicine & Health / Medications

(AP) -- In a reversal of its earlier stance, China's drug safety agency is ordering local authorities to tighten controls on production of heparin, a blood-thinner linked to 19 deaths in the United States and hundreds of allergic reactions.

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